The Quarterly Review, Volumes 256-257William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1931 |
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Page 132
... islands known as the Outer Hebrides . To be more accurate , however , it is the name of a group of islands situated ... Island of Boreray . They are called Stac an Armin ( 627 ft . ) and Stac Lee ( 544 ft . ) . Added to these is a great ...
... islands known as the Outer Hebrides . To be more accurate , however , it is the name of a group of islands situated ... Island of Boreray . They are called Stac an Armin ( 627 ft . ) and Stac Lee ( 544 ft . ) . Added to these is a great ...
Page 141
... Island at that time . MacKenzie's account reads as follows : ' The Island of Hirta , of all the Isles about Scotland lyeth farthest out into the sea , is very mountanous & not accessible but by climbing . It is incredible , what number ...
... Island at that time . MacKenzie's account reads as follows : ' The Island of Hirta , of all the Isles about Scotland lyeth farthest out into the sea , is very mountanous & not accessible but by climbing . It is incredible , what number ...
Page 145
... Island of the St Kilda group . It is the largest and the most fertile . The village , crescent in form , consists of sixteen felt - roofed houses , a number of which were unoccupied at the time of the evacuation owing to the rapid ...
... Island of the St Kilda group . It is the largest and the most fertile . The village , crescent in form , consists of sixteen felt - roofed houses , a number of which were unoccupied at the time of the evacuation owing to the rapid ...
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